I believe this photograph was taken in front of the bandstand in Ropner Park. Does anyone have any ideas as to the bands identity?
Photograph and details courtesy of Amanda Buckley.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
I believe this photograph was taken in front of the bandstand in Ropner Park. Does anyone have any ideas as to the bands identity?
Photograph and details courtesy of Amanda Buckley.
As a boy from age 11 (1955) to 15 (1959) it would thrill me to listen to the brass band military music in Ropner Park. It was magnificent.
I happened across some sites that list historical band contests (don’t ask), it looks like bands came from a wide area to compete. Contests were held in Stockton so this band need not be a local band. Only a much later competition (1946) was listed as taken place in Ropner Park.
Some of the competitions have descriptions of the events, two nice Stockton examples are:
https://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/stockton-on-tees-contest/1873-07-21/
https://brassbandresults.co.uk/contests/stockton-on-tees-contest/1875-07-19/
Nice big emblem on the bass drum for somebody to recognise? and there might be some writing below it, though it may just be noise in the image.
Perhaps there is a clue on the big bass drum if Laura could describe the logo and any writing?